Business Networking: 30 Day Plan to Building your on-line Presence

Here is your thirty day plan for leveraging social networks to build your business. This is a core part of getting an on-line presence established. It is probably the first thirty days that are the toughest, you are after all getting used to a strange new world. After this period it is largely about maintaining [...]

December 11th, 2009 by Peter B. Giblett 

Time to Pause/Reflect? No – The Pace Goes on!

Time to Pause/Reflect? No – The Pace Goes on!

I have been silent these past few days. In part it has bee lack of triggering material and in part it has been the fact that I am defining a new Social Media solution as a part of my new role with a start-up company. However silence should not be seen as lack of thought [...]

July 30th, 2009 by Peter B. Giblett 

Networking for Success!

Career outlooks within IT are changing at the current time. Over the last year there has been a major change within corporate IT. Staying in work or getting a new job depend largely on having a strong network. Within your network quality is usually more important than quantity. However you may need to build a [...]

May 26th, 2009 by Peter B. Giblett 

A New World of Business Networking (and how it is different to Social Networking)

This article is being added as an incomplete milestone/commentary on the current state of Business Networking. Not too long ago, on this site I asked the question “Is any Business Benefit Gained by Adopting Collaborative Technologies within the Workplace?” at that time I concluded that whilst there were significant benefits they would only be viable [...]

April 17th, 2009 by Peter B. Giblett 

Business Cannot turn its back on Deployment of Social Networking Technology. Who Must set Policy?

By Peter B. Giblett In his article in Baseline “CIOs Must learn to Deal With Social Networking” Art Johnson argues that ‘CIOs can’t turn their backs on (Social Networking) technologies, which can provide many benefits. For example, the use of instant messaging has been a valuable tool for our employees.’ I agree that business cannot [...]

December 10th, 2008 by Peter B. Giblett 

Is any Business Benefit Gained by Adopting Collaborative Technologies within the Workplace?

Not too long ago few, if any, in the workplace could really justify accessing the web from their workplace. Justification would normally relate to access to externally hosted services that added value to the corporation, or alternatively to conduct research or resolve problems, and for the IT department download patches and upgrades. Over time applications [...]

September 2nd, 2008 by Peter B. Giblett